Daily Archives: 11/1/2007
Dion Needs to Aim Higher Than His Foot
| 11/1/2007 | Posted by Patti under Canadian Politics |
On Tuesday, Flaherty, the Minister of Finance announced some tax measure in what amounted to a mini-budget. He announced tax cuts, some of which we would have already been enjoying if the Liberals had been elected. He implemented the tax cut for lower income Canadians that the Liberals had set and the Conservatives canceled when they came to power. Flaherty also announced another 1% cut to the GST which fulfills a campaign promise the Conservatives had made and the measure where Dion is shooting himself in the foot.
Instead of capitalizing on the Conservatives implementing, once again, a Liberal policy they had previously canceled Dion is making statements that should the Liberals be re-elected he would consider revisiting the GST cut. Hey dumbass, stating you’re in favour of raising a tax, any tax for that matter, is not a way to get elected Prime Minister of this country. For an academic he doesn’t learn very well. (more…)
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